Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
15km SW of Chester, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Plumas County, 53 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3125 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
Where
Epicentre 40.2250, -121.3733. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumas County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Butte County, CA | 65 km (41 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Tehama County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Shasta County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Lassen County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Sierra County, CA | 102 km (64 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Sierra County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 0km ENE of Canyondam, CA
- 1.6 2km SE of Twain, CA
- 1.8 15km E of Viola, CA
- 1.8 15km E of Viola, CA
- 1.6 15km S of Mineral, CA
- 1.5 2km NW of Almanor, CA
- 1.7 4km NNW of Canyondam, CA
- 1.7 7km WSW of Almanor, CA
- 1.6 2km ESE of Prattville, CA
- 2.0 4km E of Prattville, CA
- 1.6 7km SSE of Mineral, CA
- 1.5 7km SSE of Mineral, CA
- 1.8 12km WNW of Mineral, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Canyondam, CA
- 2.9 8km S of Mineral, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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